Six steps for recovering USC sanction victims


Victim. A noun defined as one who is subjected to oppression or mistreatment. However, it can also mean one that is tricked or duped. Yes, that pretty much sums up how USC’s student body feels in the wake of a devastating blow, that even months of waiting couldn’t have prepared us for. The numbers resulting […]

In the name of love


Don Martins, class of 1995, and Kelli Mays, class of 2008, lead the USC Lambda LGBT Alumni Association down Santa Monica Boulevard in Sunday’s “LA Pride Parade,” part of a three-day festival.

Time to support a clean athletic department


Last Wednesday found many Trojans hoping that, as in the previous weeks, media outlets ominously reporting the impending NCAA sanctions were misinformed. This time, however, the NCAA didn’t see its shadow and retreat for another six weeks. USC was steamrolled by sanctions that include a two-year bowl ban, loss of 30 scholarships and forfeiture of […]

Drake’s new debut has a bipolar vibe


It’s probably not too much of a stretch to say that Drake has had a pretty hectic year. It does indeed seem like an eternity since a fairly successful Canadian rapper released a mixtape that featured a little song called “Best I Ever Had,” rocketing the aforementioned rapper into the upper echelons of the hip-hop […]